Title: Discovery
Rating: G
Summary: S. C. O. Those weren't her initals... Their secret is found out- but they're already gone.
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They only found out when they were gone.
A secret so well kept, so diligently protected that even those closest to the two of them had no idea of it's existence…
Something that only came to light when Death had come and laid claim to both of them…
They had only found out when it was too late.
.o.O.o.
Daniel dove across the stretch of open ground, landing behind the secure cover of another crumbling wall.
"Sam! SAM!"
The woman lying on the ground didn't respond- couldn't respond.
"Don't you die on me, Sam!" He yelled, managing to weave between staff blasts to reach her motionless form. With Jack dead, they couldn't afford to lose her. Not now. Not ever.
They shouldn't have lost Jack either.
He knew as soon as he touched her that she was already gone. Biting back the tears, Daniel slipped her dog tags out from around her neck and began to crawl back towards Teal'c. They had no more time to lose.
.o.O.o.
General Hammond stared at the pair of dog tags put in front of him, lips a tight line.
The others had left, filing out to go console the rest of those who had been affected by this dual loss.
Slowly, his fingers threaded through the chains, lifting them up to touch them gently. Then he paused and took a closer look at Sam's.
S. C. O.
Those weren't her initials.
Quickly he flipped the thin pieces of metal over and read the engraving:
Samantha Carter O'Neill.
.o.O.o.
They had only found out when they were gone- or maybe they had always known.